Can my Wide, Bulbous Nose Be Reduced in Size?

I read your concerns and reviewed the photos you posted:

You may achieve narrowing of your tip, but I do not think you could achieve the result in the photo demonstrating your desired outcome. The person in the photo showing your desired outcome appears to have thinner skin than you. You appear to have thick skin which will limit the amount of definition you might see after surgery.

You should consult several rhinoplasty specialists to see what you could achieve after well-performed nose job surgery.

I hope this is helpful for you.

Regards from NJ.

A wide or bulbous nose or nasal tip can be treated very successfully with rhinoplasty.   Decreasing the domal angle, the interdomal distance and flattening the lateral crura are the most common things that need to be achieved by the surgeon to affect the width and bulbosity of the nasal tip.  This can be achieved by removing small portions of tip cartilage, suturing techniques and/or placing cartilage grafts .  In addition, thinning of the nasal tip skin and/or nostrils can help improve the appearance of a wide nose.   The primary difference between your nose and the nose that you would like to have seems to be the thickness of the nasal skin and the location/configuration of the nasal domes.   Both of these issues can be addressed with rhinoplasty.  In the end, you should not expect to have the same nose as the picture but a more well defined, smaller appearing nasal tip that fits your face.    Of course, it is difficult to give you advice with a single picture.  There is no substitute for an in person consultation with an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon. 

Absolutely! Having a widened nasal tip region is a very common complaint of patients seeking rhinoplasty. Fortunately, with today’s techniques, the nose can be refined in a natural fashion while preserving structure as well as breathing. Techniques to narrow the nose include conservative removal of cartilage and suturing of cartilages to provide further narrowing. With today’s techniques, consistent and safe results can be performed that provide refinement of the wide bulbous nose.